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2. Same as 1.
3. I'm not so sure about these. If they required subscription or sign-up they should not have been on Goodreads anyway. If they were available to anyone as ebook from author site I would think they are valid and should remain.
I hope someone who is more confident/competent can comment on #3

I have a few questions that might be stupid but I want to double check a few things:
I'm helping an author "clean" her backlog here on Goodreads because it's a bit of a mess with the Amazon bots doing it's thing etc and I think I know what to do but figured I'd double check a few things.
1. She was part of a few anthologies with other authors that are no longer available to purchase but would like them to be marked as Invalid. But since they were available in the past - people should still be able to rate/review/add them to their shelves here since people could still own any edition of them if they bought them - correct? And secondhand print copies might still be available to buy. So they should still be Public - correct?
2. Same question as above but about books (not anthologies) that were available to be purchased in the past but no longer available anywhere. Should still be Public - correct?
3. Shorts/bonuses that were either only up for free on her website, part of her Patreon or only available via her newsletter - can they be marked as Invalid if they are no longer available anywhere? They are currently only available to buy as a collection of the shorts/bonuses. The collection is up here on Goodreads as a separate book.
I marked these as Invalid but will obviously reverse that and make them Public if I made a mistake in my thinking.
Thank you! Any help here is appreciated.